This list is comprised nearly entirely of lower-tier Hall of Famers and near-misses. Would it be underrating or overrating Cabrera to say he's a fringe Hall of Famer? I'm not sure.

A few notes:

My eye is drawn immediately to the comparison between Cabrera (#8 above) and Frank Robinson(#10 above). At this point of their careers, they have essentially identical stats, with virtually the same OPS+, games played, plate appearances, and all 3 rate stats.

One big factor that favors Cabrera in the above comparison group is that he has among the most plate appearances, meaning he has maintained his OPS+ over a longer period than many of the other guys. Ryan Braun, for example, has to do it over another 3 full seasons to equal what Cabrera has already done, but Braun will be in his Age 31 season by then. Matthews, Griffey, Robinsoin, Cabrera, Thome, and Heilmann are the only ones above to play in the majors in their Age 20 season or earlier.

It's interesting to see how these guys did after Age 28. Here are the same guys ranked by career OPS+ from Age 29 onwards: